JW Marriott Marquis Dubai appoints hotel manager

The world’s tallest hotel, the 1608-room JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, has appointed Balan Paravantavida as its new hotel manager.

He joins from the JW Marriott Hotel Aerocity, New Delhi, where he served as general manager for the last two and a half years.

Paravantavida has more than three decades of experiences at Marriott International properties around the world, including 10 years at the Marriott Marquis New York.

In his new role, he is leading a team of 1450 associates and reporting to general manager Bill Keffer.

The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, which is spread across two towers, originally opened in November 2012 and was named the World’s Tallest Hotel, at 355 metres, by the Guinness Book of Records.